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36 OF THE SONS A state of civil war rages on within NUFC. Within the boardroom, within the dressing room, even now spilling onto the terraces as the fan base starts to fracture and turn on each other. There is no doubt that the potential for this has existed for some time and perhaps we are seeing just a small part of what went wrong last season. The solution the owner has come up with simply baffles. Joe Kinnear. International peacekeeper, heart surgeon, Nobel Prize winner, Michelin Starred chef, rampant fantasist, social hand grenade. From the minute he appeared on radio to give one of the most breathtaking (for all the wrong reasons) interviews of the age it has staggered almost everyone associated with NUFC. Except the owner. It